Evaluation of Continuous Support in Labor

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New Brunswick,
New Jersey07109

Purpose:

The purpose of this study was to compare labor outcomes in women accompanied by an
additional support person (doula group) with outcomes in women who did not have this
additional support person (control group).
The current study was designed with the benefits of continuous labor support in mind as well
as the need for a cost-effective, affordable program to provide those services for
low-income women. Its purpose was to evaluate the effects of continuous labor support
provided by a female companion of the pregnant person's choosing who, with the mother, had
participated in an educational program to teach her how to provide continuous labor support.

Study summary:

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of a female companion in labor who
had been chosen by a nulliparous, underinsured, low-income woman and who had received brief
training in supportive labor techniques. The objective was to compare labor outcomes,
specifically cesarean section rates, in women accompanied by this additional support person
(doula group) with outcomes in women who did not have this additional support person
(control group).